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Guide Picks - Top 5 Books for Mayflower Enthusiasts |
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An estimated 30 million people are descended from the Pilgrims who came to
America on the Mayflower on 11 November, 1620. Of the many published
resources available to people researching the history of these Pilgrims or
their descent from one of the Mayflower passengers, here are five of the
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Mayflower Families Series
The Mayflower Families series of books published by the General Society of
Mayflower Descendants are considered by many to be the best genealogy
books related to the Mayflower passengers and their families ever
published. They follow the descent of all Mayflower passengers through at
least five generations and include full source citations.
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Genealogies of Mayflower Families
This three-volume set published in 1995 contains the complete
collection of articles from The New England Historical and
Genealogical Register devoted to Mayflower passengers and their
descendants. This represents the most comprehensive collection of
writings of the foremost Mayflower scholars of the 19th and 20th
centuries.
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3) Mayflower Increasings
Based on the previous
published work of John Landis - the 1922 Mayflower Descendants - this
book by Susan Roser revises and expands the original 37 paged booklet
of Mayflower passengers and their descent for the first three
generations in America, including names, dates, places, spouses,
children, etc.
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Mayflower Marriages
A compilation of 10,000 Mayflower marriages spanning five centuries,
including names, dates and sources, extracted from the files of George
Ernest Bowman, a highly-respected Mayflower researcher.
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Plymouth Colony: Its History and People
Anyone researching the pilgrims of Plymouth Colony should read this book
cover to cover. Considered by many to be the best book available on the
lives of the Plymouth colonists,
Plymouth Colony provides an excellent narrative of the events of
the first 70 years at Plymouth, and detailed biographical sketches of many
of the Pilgrims.
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